dw world heritage, 360. now the this is dw, and you live from berlin. so that's both an a key election that could further splinter the use of unity on ukraine. poles in the central european country favor a wind by former prime minister roberts feats. so the populace says he'll stop sending ukraine military support is critics have slammed him as pro russian. also coming up as pensions and the costs of oak grove. they, you, wes urges serbia to pull its forces back from the border. it says there's been an

unprecedented military built up less than a week after the deadliest violence of the region in years. and new york underwater authorities declare a state of emergency slash floods, spring the big apple to a standstill, the american evans dean. thanks for joining me. what we're doing is underway in slovakia, i'm in closely watched parliamentary elections that could see the country radically changed course in particular on ukraine polo show and neck and neck raised between pro western liberal hers led by vice president of the european parliament. me how she magica and former prime minister rubber feats. so both sides have about 20 percent support and would require coalition partners to form a government seats. so has campaigns on

a populous platform. calling for an end to slovakia is robust, military support for ukraine and for closer ties to moscow with a new in with the old. that's what's the values, former prime minister, robert feet. so hopes voters will choose when they go to the polls. he's already let the country twice and he's promising major changes if you want a 3rd term in office. no weapons for ukraine, a veto fun ukrainian needle membership and a weakening of anti russian sanctions. if slovaks vote feet, so and his left wing populous summer party back into power, it would be a dramatic about face and the countries support for ukraine. since the start of rushes, invasion practice lava has been one of cubes. staunchest supporters regularly delivering large quantities of ammunition and other military hardware.

slovakia is parliament has also sought to forge political ties with the u. s. declaring it a special partner. however many slovaks are skeptical of closer ties to the west. 2023 survey said 50 percent of people view. the us as a threatened, current president's is uninterrupted, tova has worn slovaks that closer ties to russia. combined with kremlin back to propaganda, campaigns have unleashed what she calls an academic of populism and lies one that could deliver moscow a new partner in the heart of the you. after saturdays election in the walls, the w brussels bureau chief alexander phenomena is in process lava. and she's told us more about what the stake for the european union in the selection of brussels is watching very closely what is happening here in slovakia because they are afraid that if the anti european pro russian forces,

who according to polls are in the lead here if they are able to win the elections and if they are able to form a government that could mean that they are going to challenge europe's consensus on support for ukraine. for instance, they could join forces with the government and hungry that has been a problem. chide for the your opinion and for quite a while they could try to look any farther sanctions against russia for in, for instance. and of course they would call so bolster a group of eastern european countries for publicly calling for the and of liberal liberal democracy. so for brussels, for the date, you appear in the union as the whole. there is also a lot of sake here. and so back in the united states has warren serbia to pull back its forces after detecting what it calls an unprecedented military build up along the cost of

a border. serbia deployed the sophisticated tanks and artillery following one of the greatest escalations in years between ethnic albanian and serve communities. in comfortable of the, the us warning comes at a time of rising tensions between serbia and kosovo. that began after gunman ambush the police patrol and possible one week ago. this video released by the government in the capital pristina for ports to show the attackers after they fled to a nearby monastery. one officer and 3 attackers were killed in the ensuing shoot out. the gun battle took place and the cert majority region of northern kosovo, which refuses to recognize the authority of the government. and christina, kosovo, says it welcomes nato's decision to bolster its troops and of all the tile balkan region. we need the nato because a border with serbia is very long. and the serbian army has been

recently strengthened in its capacity is and they got a lot of military equipment from both that option for the nation and china. it is very important that our army gets stronger, that our police is very present in the north, but also we need joint patrols of police or for solver. with natal k for soldiers. val grade says it to would welcome for peacekeepers from nato on the cost of a force known as k for deliverance. because i had a long telephone conversation. not an easy one with us secretary of state anthony blinking regarding the situation in kosovo or to talk to you. and of course, there were a few things we agreed on with to leave a few things. we did not agree on. the things we agreed on is that the de escalation is needed. we agreed that there is a significant need for a greater role for k, for a total of a quarter in serbia, ones that greater and more significant role for k,

for in kosovo. pensions with close to both serve minority in the north, had been smouldering for months after christina installed ethnic albanian mares and for municipalities. they're following the elections that serves boycotted, kosovo which has an estimate albanian majority declared independence from serbia 15 years ago. more than a 100 countries recognize that sovereignty, serbia, is not among them. the united nations says it's sending a mission to now gordon, a car box mainly to assess the humanitarian situation in the largely ethnic armenian territory. and as or by john, that follows a lightning operation by the is there a military that's led to more than 100000 people sling to armenia and the one that says that expects of nearly all of the remaining residents will also leave the central square in the town of gold is most refugees land here. after leaving the

gardener cut off by, by of the latch and corridor dionte wrote linking to region 2. i mean all of them left behind the home that will cease to exist as they knew it. as as a by john re took complete to control i left it for whoever will come to live in my house, no matter whether it's an enemy or not. they're human beings know of the human wants. so we don't, we don't want to lose our home by next, but it was an order for mazda by john gunner. numerous companies are going to gratian with, as i, john was not an option on both sides. have had a lot of victims. and now i think i'll return to not going to come up, but it's impossible. 30 percent of those arriving children of the months of being cut so from supplies. some of them are in dire

condition. the situation is that somebody is arriving with children that are so weak and even stated in the hands of their parents for it. so if some of them are dropped the say to live in the hands of the media reps cost fast or a bottom tier. then you and refugee agency believes that the number of people arriving could rise to 120000 in the next few days, which matches the estimated population of the break away region. going forward, i'd be better if i would work. we'd be putting, suiting that people left behind, i'd care of uh, we had been planning for equations to be a longer process. they look ways and these, we have a going very, very fast, very high numbers of people. but as a result of that, many people become instructed, the 10s of thousands of refugees need to be moved to suitable accommodation before winter sets in. moreover,

this fee is that some hospitals may soon run out of resources. huge tasks, fly ahead for media in the upcoming days and weeks. torrential, rain and flooding has broad, chaotic scenes to new york city. authorities have declared a state of emergency and i've told millions of people in and near the city to stay at home or sick shelter. to continue from being of heavy eating for in new york don't roads into leaks disrupting traffic and causing gale gas gaping, waterford shut down for free lines across much of the city with airports and re lines out of service housing just people were left stranded

not getting much information just uh, hold tight, wait, saying they take different paths but who knows what pets and straighten it where it's messed up. so i could sit here, write it out until i open up the extreme dream. when prompted to put it these to the greatest data image and seeing that each and it is not finished yet, there is more rain on the way that keeps moving. and it's hard to exactly pinpoint where to go next. but i'm asking, in urging all new york has to continue to be vigilant. in this street, many of the guns sort of foxman split into water, forcing residents to pick met the individual one has. no, i have it myself and another person we trying to keep pumping out. he's, he's throwing out the bucket of water outside. so we're really, really suffering in the back communities. 50 workers use drafts, students, q people. we've been faulty. the village of america building the building

the down forgot one of new york, so rate of $15.00 court and worn by for the for cost residents of producing for even moving. i had to austria now and the town of bruno is the birthplace of adult hitler and the building where he was born is about to take on a new function as a police station work is about to begin, but some residents are not comfortable with the buildings new role. house of evil. that's what some people in australia called at the best place of autos. hitler, it's so to empty for many is not a police station to set to move in building what should start within days? a decision not to outcome by everyone. because it is seen as an attempt to end debate about the place. in my opinion, it is a sign of fear that a police station is being established in many because people are afraid that neo

nazis could cause trouble here. and things that could be prevented beth, him and his presence of police. let me tell you it is a defensive move. not an offensive one. in the past, the building was used by a charity for people with disabilities. then in 2016, the austrian government requisition to house setting and wanted to tear it down. then it decided to convert it into a police station saying it wanted us profit becoming a neo nazi shrine. residents in the town of ronald would have preferred a different solution that even though i am somewhat undecided, they used to be a social aid office here where it did my civil service. yeah, that will probably be a better solution. a social institution, mitsubishi about to get that kind of argument into safety. my a thought a lot about this issue, and i think that using it fine at the social cultural institution would have been better. so i'm not really and save us and police station as

a me of i'm just i would have preferred it if they had left it as it was, it did not have anyone and could have house social 8 institutions. once again, i'd be to accommodate the pieces to to complicate matters even more, an old use paypal, i'll take a has image that says hitler himself wanted his both place to be converted into an administrative building. so some say it's not. looks like the australian government might be in advert, actually fulfilling it was in which the and i wanted to end the debate about the house of evil and state. it's very much alive. you're watching the w news coming to from berlin. a reminder now of our top story. slovaks are going to the polls in an election that threatens to further splinter the use unit b and crane. the votes expected to be tight buds poll suggests they could return for our prime minister rubber seats. so to office,

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